"A Quiet Night In" is the second episode of the British dark comedy anthology series Inside No. 9. Written by Reece Shearsmith (pictured) and Steve Pemberton, it first aired on 12 February 2014 on BBC Two. It stars the writers as a pair of hapless burglars attempting to steal a painting from the large, modernist house of an oblivious quarreling couple, played by Denis Lawson and Oona Chaplin—a granddaughter of the silent film star Charlie Chaplin. The episode progresses almost entirely without dialogue, relying on physical comedy and slapstick. Critics generally responded positively to the episode, and a particularly laudatory review by David Chater was published in The Times. On its first airing, the episode was watched by 940,000 viewers (4.8% of the market). It was submitted to the British Academy of Film and Television Arts for their 2015 awards, but was not nominated. Pemberton and Shearsmith are not planning any further silent episodes for Inside No. 9, but they have continued the use of experimental formats, including in the 2015 split screen episode "Cold Comfort".

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1199:

John, who would posthumously become known as one of the most reviled Kings of England, was crowned at Westminster Abbey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John,_King_of_England

1644:

Manchu regent Dorgon defeated rebel leader Li Zicheng of the Shun dynasty at the Battle of Shanhai Pass, allowing the Manchus to enter and conquer the capital city of Beijing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shanhai_Pass

1896:

The St. Louis–East St. Louis tornado, one of the deadliest and most destructive tornadoes in US history, struck St. Louis, Missouri, and East St. Louis, Illinois, killing more than 255 people and injuring at least 1,000 others. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1896_St._Louis%E2%80%93East_St._Louis_tornado

1942:

Czech fighters resisting Nazis in Prague ambushed and mortally wounded Reinhard Heydrich, the chief of Reich Security Main Office and the Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Anthropoid

2006:

An earthquake measuring about 6.3 Mw struck near the city of Yogyakarta, Indonesia on the southern side of the island of Java, killing at least 5,700 people, injuring at least 36,000, and leaving at least 1.5 million homeless. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Yogyakarta_earthquake

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

stitch up: 1. To close by sewing. 2. (slang) To maliciously or dishonestly incriminate someone. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stitch_up

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.   --Henry Kissinger https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Henry_Kissinger